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EWIPO/IP/UNI/AMM/04/INF.1
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: February 2004
UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN / WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN
wipo national seminar on intellectual property for Faculty members and law students of the university of jordan
organized by
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
in cooperation with
the University of Jordan
Amman, April 6 to 8, 2004
Provisional PROGRAM
Prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
9.00 – 9.30 Opening Ceremony
Dr. Ahmad Ziadat, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Jordan, Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Mr. Sherif Saadallah, Executive Director,
Economic Development Bureau for Arab Countries,
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Abdallah Al-Mousa, President, University of Jordan,
Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
9.30 – 10.00 Coffee Break
10.00 – 10.45 The Importance of Teaching and Training in the Field of Intellectual Property at Universities
Speaker: Dr. Hassan Gemei, Professor of Private Law,
Faculty of Law, Cairo University
10.45 – 11.30 The International Protection of Industrial Property: from the Paris
Convention to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement)
Speaker: Mr. Kanaan Al-Ahmar, Attorney at Law, Damascus, and
Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich, Germany
11.30 – 12.15 The International Protection of Copyright and Related Rights: from
the Berne Convention, the TRIPS Agreement to the WIPO Copyright
Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
(WPPT)
Speaker: Dr. Hassan Gemei
12.15 – 12.45 Coffee Break
12.45 – 13.30 Objectives and Activities of the Economic Development Program
of WIPO in the Arab Region
Speaker: Ms. Luma Hamdan, Consultant, Economic Development Bureau for Arab Countries, WIPO, Geneva
13.30 – 14.15 The Protection of Well-Known marks
Speaker: Mr. Kanaan Al-Ahmar
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
9.30 – 10.15 Copyright and Related Rights in the Context of the Internet:
New Developments
Speaker: Dr. Hassan Gemei
10.15 – 11.15 The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Jordan
Speakers: Mr. Mamoun Al-Talhouni, Director General,
Department of the National Library, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Amman
Mr. Khaled Arabiyat, Acting Director, Directorate of Industrial Property Protection, Ministry of Industry
and Trade, Amman
11.15 – 11.45 Coffee Break
11.45 – 12.30 Protection of Undisclosed Information under the TRIPS Agreement
Speaker: Mr. Hassan Badrawi, Counsellor,
Legislative Department, Ministry of Justice, Cairo
12.30 – 13.15 Trade Secrets in the Field of Intellectual Property
Speaker: Dr. Qais Mahaftha, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law,
University of Jordan, Amman
13.15 – 14.00 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Dispute Settlement Procedures under the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Speaker: Mr. Hassan Badrawi
Thursday, April 8, 2004
9.30 – 10.15 The Conflict Between Domain Names and Trademarks:
National and International Solutions
Speaker: Dr. Fayad Al Qoudah, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law,
University of Jordan, Amman
10.15 – 11.00 Arbitration and Intellectual Property
Speaker: Mr. Hassan Badrawi
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.15 Litigation in the Field of Intellectual Property: Cases
(a) Industrial Property:
Speaker: Mr. Kanaan Al-Ahmar
(b) Copyright and Related Rights
Speaker: Dr. Hassan Gemei
12.15 – 13.00 Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources
Speakers: Mr. Hassan Badrawi
Dr. Hassan Gemei
13.00 – 13.45 Legal Aspects of Licensing under the Jordanian Law
Speaker: Dr. Tarek Hammori, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law,
University of Jordan, Amman
13.45 Closing Ceremony
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